Deer hunting just got easier in NSW — but not for everyone. Pastoralists needing to cull "rampant pests" still need to take "unnecessary extra steps" to do so. Meanwhile, an MP has renewed calls to allow hunting in national parks.

Donald Trump suggests California copies Finland by "raking" forest floors to avoid a repeat of the deadly fires affecting the state. But Finland doesn't use that strategy to manage its vast forest reserves.

Police name the man who died at a Hobart beach from a suspected stingray puncture wound as a former Navy seaman and plumber, while an expert in the marine species urges calm despite increased numbers of the animals in Tasmanian waters.

When Kara O'Brien was told her cervical cancer would return, she was "devastated", but swiftly decided to take on "everything possible" in defiance, including a 100-kilometre trip in a kayak with her brother.

Nestled on hot red sand 563 kilometres from Adelaide, Roxby Downs officially opened in November 1988 to service BHP's Olympic Dam mine. There are currently 300 jobs available in the town, and plans are being made for the next 100 years.

The private car is the default transport option for many busy Australian families. This reduces physical activity and increases greenhouse gas emissions, with unhealthy results for the children being ferried and for the environment, write Hulya Gilbert, Andrew Allan, Carolyn Whitzman and Johannes Pieters.

About 50,000 demonstrators, part of a grassroots movement dubbed the "yellow vests", cause logjams on highways and block roundabouts as they rail against fuel tax hikes introduced by President Emmanuel Macron.

Climate scientists tell us that, by the end of the century, the map of the world will be radically redrawn by rising sea levels — and global cities are at the centre of this dramatic story. So how prepared are we?

The Australian Energy Market Operator warns Victoria and South Australia are at a heightened risk of forced blackouts this summer, as it sources costly emergency energy reserves to keep up with anticipated demand.

Fly fisher Greg French has been coming to Lake Malbena in Tasmania's World Heritage Area for 40 years, now a friend he introduced to the spot is proposing to build a luxury fly-in-fly-out retreat on the site.

Host: Ellen Fanning Panel: Anne Summers, Paul Daley, Dr Sandra Phillips, Jacqui Lambie Guest: Amy Carr The panel discusses why women have to weigh up the cost of taking a stand against sexual abuse and discrimination and what it means to be Australian beyond the Anzac legend.